Roger Hsieh
Hsieh Tsung-min, also known by his English name Roger Hsieh, was a Taiwanese politician and lawyer. He won election to the Legislative Yuan in 1992 and 1995; he ran again unsuccessfully in 1998 and 2001.
Education and activism
Hsieh attended Taichung First High School, studied law at National Taiwan University alongside, and completed graduate work in political science at National Chengchi University.While studying at National Taiwan University, Hsieh, Wei and legal academic Peng Ming-min printed 10,000 copies of the "," a manifesto advocating the overthrow of the Kuomintang one-party state. The three were promptly arrested; Hsieh was subject to torture. Hsieh and Wei were later released but did not play a role in their mentor's escape to Sweden, though the government suspected the pair of aiding Peng. Hsieh and Wei were jailed for a second time in 1971. For his support of democracy, Hsieh spent over eleven years behind bars.
Following his release, Hsieh spent seven years in the United States, and returned to Taiwan in 1986. at Chiang Kai-shek International Airport on 30 November 1986 to show support for Hsieh and fellow dissident Hsu Hsin-liang. Barred from entry into Taiwan on that day, the two explored alternative means of getting into the country and eventually succeeded.
In December 2018, Hsieh was exonerated by the Transitional Justice Commission.